France — FACCO 2024 annual report / baromètre: companion-animal population
Source: FACCO Rapport annuel 2024 (facco.fr), first-hand French pet-food industry federation report (includes the baromètre FACCO-Odoxa 2024), pulled 2026-07-30. The baromètre reports France's total companion-animal count and species breakdowns. All figures below are verbatim from the source (French original).
Total companion animals
- "Depuis 1976, le nombre total d’animaux de compagnie en France a été multiplié par 2,5 pour atteindre 75 millions." (since 1976 the total number of companion animals in France has been multiplied by 2.5, reaching 75 million)
Ownership & species counts (baromètre FACCO-Odoxa 2024)
- "55% des Français ont un chien et/ou un chat" (55% of French people have a dog and/or a cat)
- "9,9 M CHIENS" (9.9 million dogs)
- "16,6 M CHATS" (16.6 million cats)
- "29,8 M POISSONS" (29.8 million fish)
Note: FACCO is the French pet-food industry federation; its annual report / baromètre is the standard first-hand source for French companion-animal population figures. The baromètre moved to counting individuals (not households); fish (29.8M) and birds (cage birds + poultry) make up a large share of the 75M total, with cats (16.6M) the most numerous mammalian pet and dogs at 9.9M.
Source: pdf-raw/market-stats/fr_facco_ra_2024_2026-07-30.txt — FACCO Rapport annuel 2024, pulled 2026-07-30.